Today I attended the penultimate workshop in the CHASE Arts and Humanities in the Digital Age programme, which was on the topic of databases and led by Sharon Webb from the University of Sussex. Like the other workshops in the
SOAS Academic Careers Day
One of the best things about being funded through a consortium like CHASE is the opportunity to attend events run by other partner institutions. Today, I went along to an event at SOAS to hear all about what an academic
CHASE AHDA Digital Images Workshop
Today I attended the second one-day workshop in the CHASE Arts and Humanities in the Digital Age programme, which looked at Digital Images (and video), and was delivered by Matthew Sillence from the University of East Anglia. Of all the
CHASE AHDA Winter School – Day 3 (13 January)
Threshold Concepts The third day started with a talk from Matthew about ‘Threshold Concepts’, those ‘eureka’ moments in learning where you unlock new knowledge that completely transforms how you think about the world. This idea was new to me, but
CHASE AHDA Winter School – Day 2 (12 January)
Digital Images The second day began with talks from Matthew Sillence (UEA) and Stefan Rüger (Open University) on the subject of Digital Images. Matthew started by looking in more detail at the metadata that is captured for digital images, and
CHASE AHDA Winter School – Day 1 (11 January)
For the past three days I’ve been attending a Winter School, which is the first component of the CHASE Arts and Humanities in the Digital Age programme. I’d been a bit unsure about how useful the programme would be to
The Shrew Review: 2016
This has certainly been an eventful year for me, career-wise. I started the year in my very new job (which I still wasn’t sure was right for me) while also having a pending PhD application (which basically seemed like pie
Open University Classical Studies Introductory Blog Post
Today’s post on the Open University’s Classical Studies blog introduces a few of the Department’s new PhD students, and includes a brief overview of my research topic. This blog is regularly updated by the OU’s Classics community, and is definitely
CHASE Encounters Conference, 28-29 November 2016
Today was my first Encounters conference, which is an opportunity for all students funded by the CHASE (Consortium for the Humanities and Arts South-East England) Doctoral Training Partnership to meet up, hear about each other’s research, and learn about the
23 Research Things: Thing 3 – Managing your online identity
Thing 3 involved looking at my online identity – the facts that can be gleaned about me from various websites. As Georgina said in the introductory video, a person’s online identity is fluid, and changes over time, so this is